Employee Relations and Compliance-Senior Associate

Line of Service

Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Human Capital (HC)

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll focus on helping the local offices in driving the Firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.

Our team focuses on providing guiding principles for delivering policy and employee relations strategy based on local territory regulation and legislation. You’ll focus on providing subject matter expertise in restructuring, redundancy, and exits as well as providing guidance on due diligence requests.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Specification

Job Level

Senior Associate

Line of Service

Human Capital

Scope of Responsibility:

Policy Management

• Build and sustain an effective process and discipline around policy management

• Collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure governance and discipline

• Build scheduled review of the policies & processes and keep abreast with changing employment law landscape and gather industry intelligence

• Enhance employee experience through effective management of employee policies

• Ensure all information is up to date from an audit and compliance standpoint

Grievance management:

• Administer grievance redressal mechanism as per the firm’s policies and ensure responsible reporting

• Drive diligent documentation and tracking in relation to case investigations

• Partner with Talent Consultants and HC Operations to effectively manage and evolve processes to enhance employee experience

• As required or necessary, partner with OGC and other HC team members to assess impact and risk to the company.

• Coordinate with stakeholders to effectively manage transitioned cases and ensure appropriate documentation. And timely closure

Additional responsibilities:

• Responsible for analysis and reporting of ER matters, as appropriate

Must Haves for the Role

• Bachelor’s degree, other specialized training in labor/employee relations is a significant plus.

• Basic understanding of employment & labor laws in India is preferred

• Ability to handle confidential information in a mature and professional manner

• Proven attention to detail & organized

• Proficiency in written and spoken English

• Ability to make good PowerPoint presentations would be an added advantage

• Acts with sense of urgency, bias for action, fast pace, and desire to thrive in a dynamically growing environment

• Be a team player and have the ability to manage a high-pressure environment plus think through the right approach to issues

• Proven ability to team, collaborate, build, and maintain relationships.

Range of Impact:

• At least 5 years direct experience in employee relations, with a strong background in workplace investigations

• Understanding and exposure of conducting and managing corporate investigations of complex and confidential workplace complaints.

• Ability to handle highly sensitive information with absolute confidentiality

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

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Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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